Weighing counter



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WEIGING COUNTER Filed Ju'ne 27, 1927 /N VEA/Tof?. l 5. H. T/NGL E w ATTnRA/y l Patented Mar. l1, 1930 v` Y UNITED STATESY PATENT OFFICE BRUCE H. TINGLEY, OF DAYTON, OHIO, ASSIGNOR T OHMER FARE REGISTER COMPANY, OF DAYTON, OHIO'. v

WEIG-HING COUNTER Application led .Tune 27, 1927. Serial No. 201,579.

My invention relates to an improved the weight of the person unless he had deweighing counter, and more specifically, it posited his money. If he should now drop refers to a counter which will be positively in his coin, it would trip the trigger so that actuated by a weighing scale when a coin is the toothed wheel 7 would be free to rotate,

5 deposited and a weight is placed on the scale and the rack rod 10 would descend by grav- 55 platform. 1t will not count when a person ity until it came into contact with the pin 11, stands on the weighing platform and does thereby rotating the shaft 8 and the pointer not deposit a coin, nor will it count when a 26 to indicate the weigh of the person. The coin is deposited and no weight is placed on pawl 22 is not in engagement with the teeth lo the platform. 19. If the person weighing should ypartially 60 The figure in the'drawing is an elevational Stepy off the platform so that another person view of the top portion of a modern weighing could step on to be weighed for the same mechanism having my improved structure inmoney, the beam 12 would partially ascend corporated therein. so that the teeth 19 would, through the pawl Ordinarily, such weighing scales consist of 22, raise the weight 21, thereby removing the 65 f a stand 1, on the lower portion of which is toe 23 from the lug 25, and the trigger would mounted a platform in operative connection resume the position shown in the drawings. with a rod 2 which extends upwardly through It would now be in engagement with the .the stand 1. On top of the stand is mounted toothed wheel 7 which would prevent the secy a head 3, in the upper portion of which is a ond personr weighing. When the person 70 coin chute 4 which extends downwardly to steps oif the scale thebeam 12 is returned to the outer end of a trigger 5. As the coin a normal position by means of the spring 27 strikes the trigger 5, the trigger is depressed so that the pointer 26 points to zero. raising the weighted end 6 thereof out of en- Y A pin 13 is carried by the beamfl2 and engagement with a toothed wheel 7 mounted on gages a cam portion 28 of a lever 29 pivoted 75 a shaft 8 which carries a pinion 9 meshing on a pin 30. The lever 29 is held against `with the rack rod 10 which is supported by a the pin 13 by means of a spring 31. The uppin 11 carried by a beam' 12 pivoted on a lug per end of the lever 29 is provided with a 14 and connected with the rod 2. After trippin 32 which extends through a slot 33 in a 3o' ping the trigger 5,the coin passes downwardcounter actuating arm 34, which at its inso ly through a channel 15 into a coin receptacle, ner end is up-turned, forming a lug 35 which not shown. The beam 12 has secured thereto is connected to the upper end of the lever 29 a rod 16, whichat its upper end is provided by means of a spring 36. An arm 37 is pivwith a slot 17 which receives a stationary pin oted to the arm 34 by means of a pin 38, and

V 18 carried by the head 3, and is provided with at its inner end it is provided with a toe 39 S5 11p-turned teeth 19. An arm 2O is pivoted on adapted to engage a lug 40 carried by the the pin 18 and carries a weight 21, a pawl 22 rack rod 10. At its outer end it is provided and a toe 23. When the coin trips the trigwith a toe 41 which underlies the arm 34 and ger 5, pivoted on a pin 24, a lug 25 carried prevents the arm 37 from dropping when the 4o by the trigger is rotated clockwise so that the rack rod 10 descends. The outer end of the 9o weight 21 causes the arm 20 to be lowered and counter actuating arm 34 engages a ratchet the te 23 holds the trigger 5 in depressed 42 on a. units counter wheel 43 which is operposition by engaging the lug 25. If a person atively connected with the tens, hundreds and stands on the platform without depositing thousands counter wheels in any conventional the money, the beam 12 would be operated manner. A spring pressed holding pawl 44 and would lower the rod 16, but would not is also provided to prevent retrograde moveaffect the rack rod 10, nor would the shaft 8 ment of the units counter wheel.A be rotated. A pointer 26 is secured to the If a person stands on the platform withoutshaft 8 and itv would, therefore, follow that depositing the required coin, the beam 12 will 50.; the pointer would not be rotated to indicate descend and the pin 13 will move the lever 29 lo( in a counter-clockwise direction, but as the rack rod 10 will be held against movement, the lug l0 will not 'disengage the toe 39 and will hold so that the counter actuating arm 34 will be held against movement, the pin 32 Vsimply sliding in the slot 33 against the `tension of the spring 36. If the person should now deposit the coin while standingon the platform, the rack l0,- as before mentioned, would de scend, thereby removing the lug 40 from the toe 39 and the spring 36 would move the coun ter actuating arm 34 to the left, actuating the ratchet 42 a sulicient distance to rotate the counter one numeral. s Y

If a person should -deposit the coin and fail to mount the platformV the counter would not operate, for the beam l2 would not move. lf he should first deposit the coin and should then step on the platform, he would `be properly weighed and the counter would befactuated.

rlhe counter should agree with the number of coins which had been deposited for no one would have any object in depositing ar coin Without weighing, and each time aV person weighs that fact is recorded on the counter wheels.

l/Vhile l have shown the ycounter wheels as visual wheels, it is obvious that the numerals could be placed on the periphery from which a printed impression may be taken by any conventional means. p

I :fully realize that many changes might be made in the speciiic structure which I have shown by way of illustration only. I, therefore, desire toclaim my invention broadly in whatever'form it may be embodied.` i l. In a weighing machine, a counter, an arm whereby said counter may be actuated,a lever to actuate said arm, a pin and slot connection between said arm and lever, means to actuate said lever each time a weight is placed onfsaid machine, and means to prevent the actuation of said arm by said lever until a coin has been deposited, said pin sliding in said slot when said lever is actuated without a coin being deposited.

2. In a, weighing machine, an indicator, means whereby said indicator is held stationary until a coin'is deposited in said machine,

- a counter, means whereby said counter is ace tuated simultaneously with said indicator, said last mentioned means including a lug, an arm, a second arm pivoted to said first mentioned arm, a toe carried by said second arm, and engaging said lug when the vparts are in normal position, and means whereby said lug is removed from said toe when aweight is placed on the machine anda coin 'deposited therein. f

' 3. Ina weighing machine, an indicator,

means whereby said indicator is held stationary until a coin is deposited in said machine, a counter, means whereby said counter is actuated simultaneously with said indicator,

said last mentioned means including alug,V

arm, and engaging said lugwhen the parts are in normalV position, means whereby said lug is removed from said toe when a weight is placed on the machine and a coin ldeposited therein, and means to hold said second mentioned arm in substantial alignment with said lirst mentioned arm when said lug has been removed.

4. In combination, an indicator, means whereby said indicator is held stationary until a coin is deposited, a counter, means whereby said counter and indicator are actuated simultaneously, an arm :forming a part of the actuating means for said counter, a lever, a pin and slot connection operatively connecting said arm and lever, means whereby said lever is actuated, a lug carried by said arm, a

lever adjacentsaid pin and slotconnection, means wherebysaid arm may beheld stationary so that said pin will travel in said Yslot against the tension oiC said spring, and means whereby said lever and arm may be caused to travel together so as to actuate said counter.

ln testimony whereof l aiiix my signature.

BRUCE n. TI'NGLEY.

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